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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Jennifer Hobbs
Jennifer Hobbs of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped global technology investment firm Silver Lake Partners raise $3.95 billion of new capital for Expedia and worked on debt financing for the private equity firm's $1.3 billion acquisition of Sidney-based TEG, a live entertainment and ticketing company, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Banking MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: McGuireWoods' Joanne Katsantonis
Joanne Katsantonis of McGuireWoods LLP's energy practice guided her client Dominion Energy through big deals over the past year, including its decision to sell its gas transmission and storage business to an affiliate of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in a $9.7 billion deal, earning her a spot as a Law360 2020 Energy MVP.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Tritia Murata
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Tritia Murata helped Ralphs Grocery score a trial victory in a case over California's suitable seating requirements, the first such trial of its kind following a landmark Golden State high court ruling, landing her a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
MVP: Weil Gotshal's Derek Walter
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Derek Walter has spent the past year helping Bio-Rad Laboratories defend patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and in federal court — including helping the company win a Federal Circuit decision against 10X Genomics — earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Life Sciences MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Jenner & Block's Martin C. Glass
In just the last year, Martin Glass of Jenner & Block LLP has represented nearly all the biggest and best-known cannabis companies, from Green Thumb Industries to Cresco Labs, in major acquisitions and other transactions, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Cannabis MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Irell & Manella's Morgan Chu
Irell & Manella LLP partner Morgan Chu won one of the biggest patent verdicts of the decade for Sloan Kettering and Juno Therapeutics Inc., days after getting a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court win over patent fees, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Hogan Lovells' Michael Kidney
Michael Kidney of Hogan Lovells' class action practice successfully defended Ford and Hyundai in consumer class actions over alleged tire and brake defects, earning him a spot as a Law360 2020 Class Action MVP.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Kirkland's Sandra C. Goldstein
Sandra C. Goldstein of Kirkland & Ellis LLP secured a discovery stay for shipping technology giant Pitney Bowes and garnered dismissal of shareholder claims against former officers and directors of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., including three members of the Murdoch family, earning her a spot among Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Davis Polk's Richard Truesdell
Richard Truesdell Jr. of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's capital markets practice worked on one of the largest IPOs of 2020 in Royalty Pharma's $2.2 billion offering, and also helped with BRP Group's $230 million IPO, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Kirkland's Paul Clement
Paul Clement of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, who argued his 100th case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court this year, scored a high court victory for an insurer in a $12 billion case over obligations in the Affordable Care Act and represented Little Sisters of the Poor in a fight over religious exemptions to the ACA's contraception mandate, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
MVP: Paul Weiss' Scott Barshay
Scott Barshay of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's corporate practice helped represent Alexion Pharmaceuticals in its $1.4 billion deal for Portola without meeting his clients or opposing counsel in person due to COVID-19, in addition to working on the $15 billion spinoff and merger of Ingersoll Rand's industrial unit, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Berger Montague's David F. Sorensen
David F. Sorensen of Berger Montague PC was part of a team of class action lawyers who negotiated the largest single-defendant antitrust pharmaceutical settlement of its kind, netting him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Competition MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Skadden's Jessica A. Hough
Jessica A. Hough of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP represented FGL Holdings as lead counsel in its $2.7 billion acquisition by Fidelity National Financial Inc. and co-led tax representation of Willis Towers Watson's combination with U.K. insurance giant Aon to create a company worth $80 billion, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Tax MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Debevoise's David H. Bernstein
David Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's intellectual property practice group secured a major trademark victory for Booking.com at the U.S Supreme Court, landing him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Intellectual Property MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Dentons' Eric Berlin
Eric Berlin, co-lead of Dentons' cannabis practice, shepherded hydroponic supply retailer GrowGeneration to a public listing on a U.S. exchange and helped negotiate Cura Partners' sale to Curaleaf, in one of the largest mergers in the space, making him one of Law360's 2020 Cannabis MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Latham's Ryan Maierson
Ryan Maierson of Latham & Watkins LLP's energy practice guided Equitrans Midstream Corp. through several transactions collectively valued at more than $10 billion — including Equitrans' acquisition of subsidiary EQM Midstream Partners — in addition to other significant oil and gas deals, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Energy MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Cooley's Charlie Kim
Charlie Kim of Cooley LLP's capital markets practice helped guide numerous technology and life sciences companies in key deals, including Vir Biotechnology's initial public offering and $345 million follow-on offering and Uber's $1 billion debt offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Capital Markets MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Brian Lutz
Brian Lutz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's securities practice scored a rare summary judgment victory for Newport Corp.'s former directors in a suit over the company's $1 billion merger and won the dismissal of a multibillion-dollar proposed class action against Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Securities MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Hagens Berman's Steve W. Berman
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's Steve Berman helped secure an injunction scrapping a student-athlete pay rule, shepherded a $700 million settlement with Mercedes, and nabbed class treatment for 3 million consumers suing Apple, wins that notched him his fifth consecutive placement as a Law360 Class Action MVP.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Covington's Jay Carey
Jay Carey, a partner in Covington & Burling LLP's Washington, D.C., office, helped data services giant Optum successfully protest a rival's $600 million U.S. Department of Labor contract award, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Government Contracts MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Jones Day's Shay Dvoretzky
Shay Dvoretzky of Jones Day's appellate group won a unanimous victory for GE at the U.S. Supreme Court this year in a case that had wide ramifications for the world of international arbitration and participated in two circuit court cases shaping different areas of law, securing him a spot on the list of Law360's 2020 Appellate MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Bryce L. Friedman
Bryce L. Friedman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has helped large insurers get favorable rulings on COVID-19-related claims, and worked with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association to challenge potential legislation that could force insurers to cover pandemic losses, making him a Law360 2020 Insurance MVP.
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October 06, 2020
MVPs: Latham's Daniel Brown And Ken Schuler
Latham & Watkins LLP's Daniel Brown and Ken Schuler represented specialty drug company Eagle Pharmaceuticals in several big wins and led Par Pharmaceutical to victory in an infringement suit over its Adrenalin patent, placing them among Law360's 2020 Life Sciences MVPs.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason C. Schwartz
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Jason Schwartz, an expert dismantler of worker class actions, collected a win for his client Lowe's last month when a North Carolina judge dismissed a wage case involving potentially thousands of workers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Employment Law MVPs for the second straight year.
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October 06, 2020
MVP: Kirkland's Eric Schiele
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Eric Schiele handled a host of big-time mergers and acquisitions over the past year, including AbbVie's $63 billion buyout of pharmaceutical giant Allergan PLC and a multibillion-dollar transaction for Norwegian Cruise Line amid the coronavirus pandemic, earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 M&A MVPs.